Combination garment



M y 1931- w. M. TRAYNOR COMBINATION GARMENT Filed March 17.. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l ENTQR BY 1/: 'awgwwe 4 ATTORNEY3 May 19, 193.1. w. M. TRAYNQR COMBINATION GARMENT Filed March 1'7, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS Patented May 19, 1931 UNITED" STATES actate PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION GARMENT Application filed March 17, 1930. Serial No. 436,267.

This invention relates tocombination garments, which might be termed unitary garments, and particularly to such garments as are adapted for mens wear.

The invention contemplates particularly the combination, into a unitary garment, of an overshirt and a pair of drawers; but some features of the invention are equally adaptable to undergarment union suits.

It is known that others have contemplated the broad ideas of combining into a'unitary garment an overshirt and a pair ofdrawers; but none of these has provided the desirable and unique featuresiof the present invention. For example, in some of these previously proposed garments the posterior portion of the drawers portion was in effect a continuation of the shirt portion, which resulted in the drawers riding out of the trousers or pulling up to the resultant discomfort of the wearer and unseemly exposure of the garment. In others the means provided for opening the seat of the drawers was cumbersome or uncomfortable.

An object of the. present invention is to provide a garment which will serve, when worn, as an overshirt in close simulation of the usual shirt, but with certain additional advantages, and which will also serve as a pair of drawers having a novel and unique form of opening means.

The invention consists inthe novel features, arrangements and combination of parts embodied by way of example, in the. article hereinafter described, as illustrating preferred forms of the invention, and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Further and more specific objects, features and advantages will more clearly appear from the detailed description given below taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective View of the garment illustrated in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the same in termed the seat ticularly to Figs. 1-4, inclusive: the garment comprises broadly a shirt portion 1, and a drawers portion 2 the shirt in the present embodiment being an overshirt provided with an attached collar 3. It will be understood that the invention comprehends an overshirt 1' with or without attached collar; and furthermore that certain features of the invention to be more fully described following may be advantageously utilized or embodied in a uni tary garment wherein the shirt 1 may either be an overshirt or an undershirt.

The frontal section of the garment is shown as being formed in a manner quite common in making the usual union suit, wherein the frontal shirt and drawers sections are formed in continuation one of the other; the oppo- 'sit'ely disposed marginal edges being indicated at 5 and 6. The rearor posterior portion of the shirt portion 1 is designated in Fig. 3-as 7 and is attached along its oppositetso 1y disposed marginal edges to the frontal section of the shirt as indicated at 5 and 6, from underneath the respective sleeves downwardly to a position designated as the waist position 8-8. Tl downwardly in the form of a shirt tail 9 which preferably has its marginaledges 10 and 11 attached to the frontal portion 4 of the garment substantially down to the end of the tail,

1e posterior portion 7 extends 8 3 so as to provide what might be termed a closed tail; and the tail 9 is sufficiently long to extend to substantially that position of the posterior drawers portion which will be portion and is designated as r 12.

The posterior drawers portion ismade of substantially inelastic material andissecured along its oppositely disposed marginal edges 14 and 15 to the frontal section 4, such asalong the lines 5 and 6, from the position 88down*- F1319 Q In the-present embodiment of the invenwardlyy providin'g what might be termed a closed seat for the drawers. The upper marginal edge 16 of the posterior portion is cut'on the bias, i. e. tapers downwardly from the waist line position 8 toward the median [position designated lit-13a; the lowermost point being in a vertical position intermediate the waist line position 8 and the seat position 12, and in the-present'embodiment (Fig. 3). being on the median line 13-13a.

' :tion the width of the tail 9 between the points 10-11 and the-width of the posterior'portion f of the drawers betweenthe points 14 15 areeach substantially equal to the width of the frontalfseotion 4 adjacent. these respective points. Y v By forming thegposterior portion of the drawers in this unique manner I have found [29 that it is possible to utilize what I term a closedseat portion or panel,-i. e. one that is permanently fastened at itsoppositely disposed marginal edges and without having to provide elasticmeans in orderito lowerthe seat portionwhen'desired. .This is what is meant by substantially non-elastic material; which term is not to beunderstood as exolud ingthe use of a material such as knitted fabric, netting, or the like.

so Duetothe peculiar form and position of the upper marginal edge of the posterior portion of the drawers, the seat may be easily and almost automatically lowered when desired, and when the wearer assumes the desired and usual position necessitating such lowering. Modification The garmentillustrated in Figs. 5 815111 all .p

or respectssimilar'to that illustrated in Figs l-d inclusive, exoepttas will more fully appear following; For purposes of con1parison and facility in understanding the invention'the corresponding numerals of Figs. 11 1 inclusive will be utilizedwith the, prime 3; suiiix added to designatecorrespondingand similar'parts: 1 a i Q Referring particularly to Fig. it will be seen that the, upper marginal edge 16 of the drawersis V-cut onthe bias from ,the'waist position '8 downwardly toward the median line 13 4341 butinthe present embodiment ig. 7) the bias is inone direction andcon vtinues to the oppositemarginal edge 15, the lowermost position of the bi'as edgestill pref erably-being locatedabove the seat position of said drawers:

7 securely hold portion of which is intermediate In both forms the-tail 9 and 9 is provided of such length as to cover the biased edge 16 or 16 and to extend downwardly a sufiicient distance in the vicinity of the seat portion to not only cover the biased edge but also to the overshirt in the trousers.

It will be noted also that in the modification V shirt tail 9 is cut on'a bias cor- (Fi'g. 7 the to the 'bias of the drawers responding edge 16. I V

' Having thus described my invention with particularity with reference to its preferred 7 a form, and having lllustrated one modification thereof, it will be'obvious to those skilled in the art, after understandingmy invention, that other changes and modifications maybe made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope ofmy' invention, and I aim in the appended claims to'cover such changes and modifications as are within the, scope of the invention. ,7 i

WhatIclaimis: 7 g 1. A unitary garment comprising a shirt portion and drawers portion, said drawers portion having a relatively, inelastic posterior portion permanently fastened along its marginal edges and terminating at its upper edge on the bias at least one side of which is adjacent the waist line position of said drawers, andthe median portion of which is intermediate said waist line position and theseat ofsaid drawers, and said shirt portion being provided with a tail'adapted toextend' downwardly over the low'ermost portions of said biased edge. 7 i

V 2. A unitary garment comprising a shirt portion and drawers portion, said drawers ortion having a posteriorfportion permanently fastened along its jma'rginal edges and terminating at its upper edge on the bias at least one side of, which isadjacent the waist line positionofsaid drawers, and the median said waist line position andthe seat of said drawers, said shirt portion being. provided with a tail adapted to extend downwardly over the lowermost portions of said biased edge, and said tail having its oppositely disposed marginal edgesattached adjacent the 'sidesof said drawers. 5 V vI Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationf, v 7 r WILLIAM M. TBAYN OR.

2Similar results in lowering the seat ofithe drawers are obtained in "this modification as 7 in, the embodiment previously described the. two presently preferred embodiments being fillustr'ated to show at leasttwo embodiments 

